Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M. duly gave up possession . |
| 2 | The decision effectively kills off plans for an open-pit copper and gold mine , the US$430 million Windy Craggy project . |
| 3 | But it was only ten P so get down mate . |
| 4 | The supporters did not release Winkie Armstrong only to bring in Billy Whitehurst ! |
| 5 | And the reindeer fair flew down Artisan View |
| 6 | It 's a smart move which leads him out onto a limb of high-flown verbiage , as in the charmingly titled Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things : ‘ I 'm electric with the snap and crackle of creation/ I 'm mixing up the mud with the spit/ So rise up Brendan Behan and like a drunken Lazarus/ Let's traipse the high bronze of the evening sky/ Like crack crazed kings ’ . |
| 7 | The approach is extremely alarming to first-time passengers as the aircraft constantly swoops over ridges and precipices . |
| 8 | Semiconductor industry top ten tables show the Japanese industry apparently taking over leadership from the USA around 1985 . |
| 9 | Yet the first British census of Palestine showed that Jews only made up 11% of the population . |
| 10 | Grumman finally coughed up $40m in 1988 in settlement of the legal claims against it . |
| 11 | In 1966 , when the Visual Effects Department finally took on Doctor Who , they too rebuilt the Daleks , enlarging the midriff sections to make them wider and taller after operators had complained of chaffed and scraped shoulders . |
| 12 | And since many credit card issuers have introduced an annual charge of around £8 to £12 , it may not be worth getting a credit card just to take on holiday , although there are additional benefits such as travel insurance if you use the card to buy your ticket . |
| 13 | However , in 1913 foreign investment still made up 25% of the money invested in Russian industry . |
| 14 | Hence some policewomen deliberately seek out desk jobs — secretaries with uniforms , as someone described them — or jobs as drivers , in juvenile liaison , or in units which deal with sex crimes , because they see themselves as better suited to this type of work . |
| 15 | Lehman also ruled out Elizabeth Taylor , who had starred in Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? , which he wrote and produced , and who wanted the role of Dolly . |
| 16 | Only slightly less controversially , Orton also made up letters to newspaper agony aunts — ‘ What can I do because my boyfriend wo n't kiss me ? ’ |
| 17 | Despite prevailing economic gloom , the Salon also turned down requests from several US dealers wanting to take part . |
| 18 | Hermes also watched over travellers , and roads often sported wayside shrines or hermaeia which featured a bust of the god , or the herald 's staff which was his emblem . |
| 19 | " Turning regions like Angistri into wildlife refuges automatically rules out construction there . " |
| 20 | Those pictures also brought back memories of the Nazi death camps . |
| 21 | The rule also pushes up costs , since a non-bank can not route all its card business through its main finance department . |
| 22 | Over three days , speakers repeatedly conjured up images of incompetent social engineers , bent on disarming honest citizens and leaving them helpless in the face of criminals ; ‘ anti-gun fetishists ’ in the media , with their expense-account life-styles and homes far from the front line ; lawyers who turn criminals out on to the streets to kill and rape again ; and , above all , the federal government , which is determined to subvert the constitution by establishing a monopoly of arms . |
| 23 | COMPUTERS often conjure up images of whirling tapes on giant machines , or of bespectacled precocious kids wrestling with incomprehensible maths . |
| 24 | With more sunscreens now filtering out UVA , the condition should be easier to control . |
| 25 | Pending such legislation , improved baby carriers are constantly being produced , and many manufacturers now fit back seat belts into new cars . |
| 26 | Before examining the steps which were eventually taken to resolve the various confusions now arising over policies on both Yugoslavs and Cossacks , there was one further development in respect of the Cossacks which must be considered separately . |
| 27 | Jeff even carried out trial runs using rockets stuffed with coal dust . |
| 28 | Piers here sent down potions . |
| 29 | They switched live to the scene , and Kathleen 's eyes immediately picked out Jack crouched over the injured man and issuing instructions to the ambulance team . |
| 30 | Marguerite 's rush of words almost drowned out Alain 's harsh intake of breath , but he said nothing at all as Marguerite went on , ‘ Now I know why you could not stay longer . |